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View definitions for except for

except for

conjunction as in unless

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All Senate Republicans, except for Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell, voted to confirm Kennedy to his position, and all are responsible for the consequences to public health.

From Slate

“POV: you are at an adoption event and all the adoptable dogs are getting attention except for …” the video reads as the camera pans before landing on Bob and me.

From Slate

Except for Dr McManus, none of these people were prepared to be formally interviewed.

From BBC

And because the National Guard, in every case except for Washington, D.C., is not under the president’s command and control unless it’s been called into federal service, the Posse Comitatus Act doesn’t apply if the Guard hasn’t been federalized.

From Slate

It definitely wasn’t, except for the minor but intriguing point that in Berkeley almost everyone involved was white.

From Salon

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